The original post had no title, per se. The most title-looking piece of text on it was in fact just "Wil Wheaton".

What do you think would have been a better title for submitting this piece to HN?

A take on Instagram's new ad policy

I mean its not bad. I agree with your original statement that I too, don't know the majority of people who post stuff to HN in general, and I don't have issues with that. However, when someone submits a name in the title, I expect it to be a name that is relevant or something I would consider important. Names like Marc Andreesen or whoever makes a lot of sense. Wil Wheaton, not so much. Of course thats personal opinion.

That said, even with blog posts by Marc Andreesen, you don't see stuff like "<insert name>: title". That sorta irks me. Personal problem, I know.